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Mobile web beats apps when it comes to hotel bookings

By Martin Cowen | November 18, 2015

A study of 2,000 US smartphone owners has found they are more likely to book a hotel room using the... Read More

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Ola's $500m Series F confirms global interest in India's taxi goldrush

By Martin Cowen | November 18, 2015

India's biggest taxi app business Ola has closed a $500 million Series F round, with Scotland's... Read More

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Traveller behaviour when booking with indie hotels online [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | November 18, 2015

Travelnuts has analysed data flowing through its system over a numbers of years to monitor how... Read More

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No time like the present to get Xmas bookings [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Martin Cowen | November 17, 2015

Around half of the UK Christmas getaway market is still up for grabs, according to travel data and... Read More

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Expedia to take rail seriously, with a little help from SilverRail

By Kevin May | November 17, 2015

Expedia says it will be expanding its rail ticket channel on a global scale thanks to a major... Read More

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MakeMyTrip brings EasyToBook closer to home

By Martin Cowen | November 17, 2015

Indian OTA MakeMyTrip will continue to operate its Amsterdam-based hotels site EasyToBook.com despite... Read More

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Ixigo metasearch heats up India's branded budget hotels even more

By Martin Cowen | November 16, 2015

India's fascinating innovation with a new sector -- online aggregated budget accommodation -- took... Read More

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Marriott buys Starwood for $12.2 billion - more behind the headlines

By Kevin May | November 16, 2015

Marriott has ended weeks of speculation and splashed out $12.2 billion to buy rival hotel group... Read More

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NDC momentum builds at World Passenger Symposium 2015

By Viewpoints | November 16, 2015

IATA's recent World Passenger Symposium (WPS) 2015 in Hamburg featured extensive discussion, debate... Read More

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Lessons from BA's latest Twitter gaffe

By Viewpoints | November 16, 2015

British Airways needs to rethink the way it delivers social customer service after suffering the wrath... Read More

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